Commercial

U.S. Forces to Deploy More Puma UAS Systems in Afghanistan

AeroVironment, based in Monrovia, Calif., received a firm fixed-price order valued at $20.4 million from the U.S. Army for RQ-20A Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions…

Embedded Avionics

Mercury Computer Awarded Radar Software Contract

Mercury Computer Systems, of Chelmsford, Mass., received a five-year, $30 million contract from an unnamed defense prime contractor to provide digital signal processing modules and software to facilitate a technology refresh for…

Business & GA

Rockwell Collins Expects Slower Growth in 2012

Rockwell Collins said Thursday it expects to see slower growth for the rest of the year, as the company looks to balance a decrease in government avionics systems with an increase in…

Commercial

FAA Selects Rockwell Collins HGS for 737 Simulator

FAA selected Rockwell Collins' Head-up Guidance Systems (HGS) with synthetic and enhanced vision to support its NextGen implementation and applied research efforts. The technology, which is being installed on the Boeing 737…

Commercial

AeroVironment Awarded Contract for Puma UAS

AeroVironment, of Monrovia, Calif., received a firm fixed-price order valued at $2.4 million from the U.S. Air Force for Puma AE small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) through an existing U.S. Army contract. Delivery…

Commercial

Thales, Qatar Airways Open Training Center

Thales and Qatar Airways jointly announced the grand opening of a new technology research, development and training center at the Qatar Science & Technology Park (QSTP). Under the official name, Thales QSTP-LLC,…

Business & GA

Thales to Provide GPS Receivers for French Lynx Helicopters

Thales has been awarded a contract by the Service Industriel de l'Aéronautique (SIAé), France's military aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul service, to supply stand-alone GPS receivers for the French Navy's Lynx helicopters,…